Culture Yamayaki Festival 2025 Japan Travel For over 250 years, people have gathered at the base of Mt. Wakakusa in Nara on the fourth Saturday in January to watch the m...
Activities Beppu Tsurumi-dake Cold Weather Competition 2025 Kim Bergström The Beppu Tsurumi-dake Cold Weather Competition at Beppu Ropeway offers several unique ways to make the best of the winter se...
Culture New Year's Celebration at the Tokyo National Museum 2025 Kim Bergström From January 2nd to January 26th, the Tokyo National Museum invites visitors to explore all things slithering with their New ...
Culture Vietnam Tet Festival 2025 Kim Bergström If you're in Tokyo and looking for a way to celebrate the Lunar New Year, check out the Vietnam Tet Festival at Yoyogi Park. ...
Culture Gifu Light Story 2025 Kim Bergström Gifu City is set to shine this winter with the return of Gifu Light Story, an illumination event that first started in 2020 t...
Activities Inzai Illuminations 2024-2025 Kim Bergström The Inzai Illuminations are a relatively new annual event which commenced back in 2018. The event has grown year after year, ...
Activities Nago Cherry Blossom Festival 2025 Kim Bergström Being Japan's southernmost prefecture, Okinawa's cherry blossoms, or sakura, bloom in the months of January and February. A w...
Culture Blessing Forest Illumination 2024-2025 Lynda Hogan Blessing Forest is the name of the 2024 / 2025 winter illumination at the Keyaki Hiroba in Tamaari Town, formerly known as Sa...
Culture Matsumoto Castle Ice Sculpture Festival 2025 Kim Bergström The Matsumoto Castle Ice Sculpture Festival has been running for over 30 years now, with a variety of skillfully designed wor...
Culture January Grand Sumo Tournament (Tokyo) 2025 Veronica Carnevale Japan's six-tournament sumo season starts in mid-January with the January Grand Sumo Tournament.
